The Brothers Grimm did not invent the fairy tales by themselves. In fact, the brothers were germanists and ethnologists, and their collection of fairy tales started as a scientific collection. They were told many of the tales by Dorothea Viehmann, who lived in the village of Niederzwehren near the town of Kassel where the Grimms spent a couple of years. Viehmann was the daughter of an innkeeper from the village of Rengershausen. The inn was located at the important trade route from Hamburg to Frankfurt, and many wagoners from all regions of Germany and Europe stopped by. In the evenings while having dinner or enjoying a beer, they told many stories and fairy tales, and young Dorothea kept them word by word. In fact, the Brothers Grimm were astonished how this lady was able to repeat the stories over and over with the exact same wording. The Grimm’s obtained at least 21 tales from Dorothea Viehmann. Her home is preserved, a memorial near the center of the village was installed in 2009, and a memorial stone indicates the probable site of her grave.
@raimagnolia, who asked: “How do u say the name”: [doʀotʰˈeːaː ˈfiːman] or [doʁotʰˈeːaː ˈfiːman]
Don’t spy on your ex wife with the spy camera she remembers, Nate. She’ll pull shit like this on you.
This was an amazing scene and is probably one of my favorites from my very favorite show. For many reasons. Mostly because it demonstrates why I love this show, despite it having one of those straight white super smart male leads. Nate here is being ridiculed, humiliated. Everyone is staring at him, embarrassed on his behalf. He does not come back from this moment, call his ex-wife a bitch or a liar, or try and humiliate her in turn. His embarrassment remains and lasts. He is our protagonist, our lead, but he is not untouchable, he is not perfect, and he is not always right.
It’s nuance like that, among so many other wonderful things, that makes me love Leverage so much. It is my very favorite show.
The exact moment I fell madly in love with Maggie.
If you look carefully, right before this scene you can see her quickly glance towards Eliot’s hidden camera (it was so subtle, it took me like my third rewatch to notice). Like, she noticed that shit within 0.2 seconds of seeing Eliot.
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